So the story goes

Author: (English) Kipling
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Rudyard Kipling (1865—1936), born in Mumbai, India, attended school in England. Later, he returned to India as a journalist. At that time, some of his works had already been published. In 1889, he returned to England and gained fame as a poet and science fiction writer. He later became the first Nobel Prize-winning writer in British history. Unlike other works from his era, which primarily featured rural England as the setting, Kipling set Just So Stories in his birthplace, India. This book is a charming collection of short fairy tales with Indian themes. It includes stories about India, the jungle, and the origins of the world, as well as Kipling's favorite subject—animals. In this special collection, you can read timeless, captivating tales like How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Baby Elephant, and How the Alphabet Was Made. Kipling vividly depicts the natural world and its many creatures. Through animals that behave like humans and can use logical reasoning, Kipling's fables offer moral lessons and insights into embracing life's realities. Kipling won the Nobel Prize in 1907.